Radiation detector built to detect queen bees marked with Radium.

Made:
1942 in Kent
maker:
Gilbert Tomes

Tomes Queen Detector, a radiation detector built to detect queen bees marked with radium.

Details

Category:
Nuclear Physics
Object Number:
2003-57
type:
radiation detector
credit:
Tomes, Gilbert

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